Slate Roof Wind Damage

Wind damage to slate roofs.

Slate roof wind damage.

Slate tile roofing is more susceptible to damage due to flying debris caused by hurricanes. Similarly to wind damage it can be minor damage scattered about the roof. Hail is frozen water propelled through the air by the force of wind and gravity and it can damage a slate roof upon impact. And with more storms on the way there s no time to wait to schedule your slate roof repair.

Although slate tiles are rigid heavy and low profile they are subject to both direct and indirect wind damage but they are less likely to suffer direct damage than lighter weight roof covering materials such as asphalt composition shingles. Direct wind damage can occur when slates with corroded fasteners fail during a windstorm. Falling limbs building materials detached from other structures and anything else that becomes airborne in high winds will undoubtedly cause damage if it strikes a slate tile roof. I d expect to find extensive broken damaged slates throughout the field of the roof possibly worse on some roof slopes than others depending on the direction of hail movement and winds.

I d expect sheltered areas of slates that didn t get the hail by direct impact to not show that damage. If this type of damage is localized i e it covers less than 30 percent of the entire roof roofing repairs might be able to address the problem. Call us toll free or email us instead. The combination of unusually large hail and unusually fragile slates especially on a side lap slate roof creates the highest expectation of slate roof damage.